Washcloth



y 1935- G. A. BENEDICT 2,006,708

WASHCLOTH Filed June 7, 1933 INVENTOR MJM :0 ATTORNEYS Patented July 2, 1935 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE WASBCLOTH Gerard A. Benedict, New York, N. Y.

Application June I, 1933, Serial No. 674,612

6 Claims. (Cl. 115-208) This invention relates to washing cloths and, soap flakes may be introduced into the pocket more particularly, to dishcloths. with the utmost ease and will at the same time An object of the invention is to provide a washbe effectively retained in the pocket during use ing cloth whereby soap in flake or similar form of the cloth. With such a dish cloth, all that is may be utilized in a particularly satisfactory and necessary is to introduce a small quantity of soap 5 efficient manner, flakes into the pocket by the hand or from one More specifically, it is an object of the inof the boxes in which such flakes are commonly vention to provide a. washing cloth which will sold on the market, to wet the cloth, and to rub efiectively receive and hold soap flakes, the cloth on the dishes to be cleaned. The water 10 Other objects of the invention will in part be contained in the cloth will have a high soap 10 obvious and will in part appear hereinafter. content and a large qu y of p Will be p- The invention accordingly comprises an article plied directly to the dish Without s v g a of manufacture possessing the features, properlarge quantity of soap in the water contained in ties, and the relation of elements which will be the dishpan, o t a exceedingly m cal and exemplified in the article hereinafter described Satisfactory results y be secured. 15 and the scope of the application of which will There are exemplified in the drawing several be indicated in the claims. of the types of dishcloths which may be provided For a fuller understanding of the nature and in accordance with the invention. objects of the invention reference should be had In Fig. 1, there is shown a dishcloth comprising to the following detailed description taken in layers II and I2 of fabric joined at their side 20 connection with the accompanying drawing, in and bottom edges andalso joinedalong two spaced which: inner parallel lines by stitching I3 and I4. The Figure l is a perspective view of a dishcloth layers are also united at their upper edges along embodying the invention, showing soap flakes the lines running outwardly from the stitching being introduced thereinto; l3 and from the stitching M to their side edges 26 Fig. 2 is a top view of the cloth with soap respectively, but are not united in the space beflakes therein; tween these lines. There is accordingly provided Fig. 3 is a top view of a slightly modified form a pocket l5 readily adapted to contain soap flakes of dishcloth; and and having an opening It at the upper end 80 Fig. 4 is a plan view of another form of dishthrough which soap flakes may be introduced. 30 cloth embodying the invention. As indicated, this opening is considerably larger For the sake of facility of expression, the term than the average human hand size so that the soap flakes is used herein to include soap flakes, hand of the user may readily be introduced to soap granules, soap beads, soap powders, soap deposit the soap flakes in the pocket. An open- 85 shavings, etc. ing of this size, moreover, will permit one end In spite of the many advantages of soap flakes of the top of an ordinary commercial soap flake in dlshwashing, the ordinary use of soap flakes box to be introduced in the opening and the flakes is distinctly ineflicient. Where the flakes are inshaken into the pocket, if desired. As will also troduced directly into the dishwater, enough soap be seen, the pocket is of suflicient depth to efmust be used to bring the entire body of water fectively retain the soap flakes deposited therein. 40 up to the necessary soap content for cleaning the Th flakes may be introduced into a wet cloth r y di which necessarily r q r a nor into a dry cloth which is thereafter wet. The erous use of the flak Furthermore, h r is soap, as it dissolves, oozes thru the fabric. onto also a te y for certain of the flakes to Stick the dish being cleaned. After the dishes have to the dishes so as to be exceedingly di e t been washed, the cloth may be rinsed and hung 8223.1 .3 $1.33! ctnfiifii tie siififiikt up, it is m a large extent Self-Washings p p Accordingly, both the bother of scrubbing out Wlth' the dlshes, and also to rendermg the actual the cloth and the temptation to hang it up dirty dishwas hing operations easier for the housewife, are avoided e t 'nvention contem lates the rovision i g i g having a pociet in soap The exemplified dishcloth may be formed if b introduced and retained durin desired from tubular fabric, e. g., tubular knit at may 6 g fabric, with cut edges either parallel to the sides An important feature of the invention is the of t pocket or perpendicular h to. As exprovision or a pocket of such nature that the amplified, these out edges are parallel to the sides 55 of the pocket and are joined by lines of stitching indicated at l8 and IS. The fabric in this instance is slit at its upper ends between the lines I! and I4 so as'to provide the opening for the pocket, and the edges for this pocket are stitched as at 20 to prevent raveling. The fabric should be knit or woven sufliciently tightly to prevent the escape of the soap flakes to be used.

If desired, the cloth may be constructed so that the upper ends of the spaces between the edges of the central pocket and the sides of the cloth may also be left open, so as to provide supplemental pockets 2| and 22 as indicated in Fig. 3.

In Fig. 4, there has been exemplified another form of construction embodying the invention and comprising a layer of fabric 23 and a smaller layer of fabric 24 joined to the other along spaced lines 25 and 26, and along its bottom as at 21, but not joined at its top. There is thus provided a pocket 28 having an upper opening 29, which opening is substantially larger than the average human hand, so as to permit soap flakes to be readily deposited therein. Desirably, the piece 24 should be long enough to provide a pocket of substantial depth, so that the soap flakes will be readily retained in it.,

It will thus be seen that there is provided in accordance with the invention a dish cloth whereby soap flakes may be utilized efficiently and with great ease and effectiveness for dish washing.

Since certain changes may be made in the above article and different embodiments of the invention could be made without departing from the scope thereof, it is intended that all matter contained in the above description or shown in the accompanying drawing shall be interpreted as illustrative and not in a limiting sense.

It is also to be understood that the following claims are intended to cover all of the generic and specific features of .the invention herein described, and all statements of the scope of the invention which, as a matter of language, might be said to fall therebetween.

Having described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is:

1. A washing cloth comprising two layers of fabric joined along four spaced parallel lines including two inner lines well spaced from each other, and joined in a transverse direction along a continuous line adjacent one edge and lines extending from said inner lines outwardly at the other edge, said layers being entirely unconnected between said inner lines at said other edge.

2. A washing cloth comprising two layers of fabric Joined along four spaced parallel lines including two inner lines well spaced from each other, and ioined in a transverse direction along a continuous line adacent one edge, said layers being unconnected at the other edge except where said parallel lines meet the edge.

3. A washing cloth comprising a tubular fabric united at itsends and along spaced lines parallel to and spaced from its ends, said fabric being slit at one edge from one of said spaced lines to an adjacent one of said spaced lines. 7

4. A washing cloth comprising a sheet of fabric a portion of which is folded over along a transverse line upon at least a portion of the remainder of thesheet, said folded portion being stitched along four spaced lines extending in a direction generally perpendicular to said transverse line. the space between the'two innermost lines being open at the edgeremote from the fold to form an open top and being closed at its sides and bottom to provide a pocket adapted to contain soap flakes, the outermost lines extending to said fold and the said two innermost lines extending in said perpendicular direction from to at least a point in proximity to said fold.

5. A washing cloth comprising a sheet 'of fabric, .a portion of which is folded over along a transverse line upon at least a portion of the remainder of the sheet, said folded portion being stitched along four spaced lines extending generally perpendicularly from the folded edge of the folded portion, the space between the two innersaidopenton most line; being open at the edge remote from the V fold to form an open top and being closed at its sides and bottom to provide a pocket adapted to contain soap flakes.

6. A washing cloth comprising a single sheet of fabric doubled upon itself and joined by lines of stitching at its ends and by a pair of lines of stitching spaced from its ends and extending generally parallel thereto and having an open portion therebetween at one end of said lines, said lines of stitching defining the sides of a pocket extending from said open portion between the folds of the fabric to a point near the opposite folded edge of the fabric and adapted to retain soap flakes.

GERARD A. BENEDICT. 

